Research Article

Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications

Table 1

Some S-band planar antennas for CubeSats.

Type of antennaAntenna height (mm)Type of polarization3 dB axial bandwidth (GHz)Operating frequency (GHz)−10 dB bandwidth (GHz)Maximum gain (dB)

Rectangular patch array [3]1.59Not reportedNot reported2.468Not reported9.6
F-shaped patch [4]20.8Not reportedNot reported2.451.1218.51
Planar open-loop standing-wave radiator [5]3.16Circular0.312.450.255.7
Koch snowflake fractal [6]1.54Not reportedNot reported2.30.24.39
Cross rhombic [7]5.6CircularNot reported2.40.17.9
Closed-loop traveling wave [8]3.175Circular0.22.450.2855.4
Metamaterial antenna integrated with solar cells [9]1.6Circular0.052.250.254.87